A weekly recap of key events and items of interest to the Milton community:

The Milton Schools closed out Music in Our Schools month with a fantastic concert that featured bands from the elementary, middle, and high schools. This was the last of three concerts.View the original post on the band concert  here, the strings here, and the choral groups here.

Senator Joyce sent a letter to Milton officials and residents regarding Governor Patrick’s announcement of $168,000 of stimulus funding to be earmarked for schools. This announcement is due in large part to the state’s historic 1993 education reform law which established foundation budgets for communities, setting a minimum funding threshold districts must meet so students receive a “fair and adequate” education. How and when this will appear and might be factored into the current budget discussions underway here in town is not known.

Regarding the override numbers that have been discussed and or published,  Mr. Hurley, chairman of the Warrant Committee, confirmed the override number they are working with at the moment is $2,978,396. The portion allocated to the schools is$1,758,780. However, $586,293 of that amount brings the schools from the non-contingent FY ’10 budget to where they were with they were with there FY ’09 funding. Hence, the net increase is $1,172,487. This is the $1.2 million sited by Mr. Pavlicek at the recent school committee meeting (see original post here). The contingency budget is a work in progress, and the number are subject to change. The final figures will be made by in Warrant Committee’s presentation to Town Meeting in April.